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APEX Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partners launch a joint €80M fund

Austria-based APEX Ventures and UK-based Amadeus Capital Partners have joined efforts to support early-stage deeptech startups. The firm’s target is an €80 million fund, with a finished first close at €28 million, Tech.eu reports. “Today’s startups need more support from

Polish gamedev Sundog secures ＄340k to adapt a book of Nobel Prize winner

Sundog, a new company in the Polish video game industry, managed to secure $340,000 (PLN 1.5 million) from private investors to finance the development of a new game title — Ibru. It will be based on the book Anna in

Maki.vc invests in CarbonCloud during a €7.5M Series A round

Sweden-based startup CarbonCloud, a climatetech SaaS solution for the food industry, has received a €7.5 million Series A round of funding led by Cusp Capital and Peak. Finnish firm Maki.vc also participated in the funding, Silicon Canals reports. “CarbonCloud provides this

Viber is looking for a Country Director for Ukraine

As AIN.Capital discovered, the Rakuten Viber company is looking for a specialist for the position of Country Director in Ukraine. Previously, VP of Growth, Key Markets Atanas Raykov, from the office in Bulgaria, was responsible for the country. “Ukraine is

Romanian deeptech Veridion receives $6M to deepen AI comprehension of business landscape

The Bucharest-based Veridion (formerly known as Soleadify) has announced a $6 million in a late seed round to further expansion and development of its AIs. The fresh round was co-led by LAUNCHub Ventures, OTB Ventures, Underline Ventures, and other existing

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Women’s salaries in IT are up to 30% lower than men’s, according to Djinni

The Ukrainian platform Djinni, which analyzes the labor market in the IT field, found out that women candidates ask for lower salaries than men when looking for new jobs. There are no DevOps in the sample, because there are only

Bulgarian identity-as-a-service provider Evrotrust gets €2.5M pre-seed investment

The Sofia-based provider of digital identity and trust services that helps regulated businesses and government institutions to digitize their services Evrotrust announced the raising of €2.5 million from the Bulgarian Development Bank Group through its Capital Investment Fund. The investment

Lithuanian startups raise €295M and are worth €9.5B, up 16.8 times since 2017 — Dealroom report

The rate of investments in Lithuania actually accelerated in 2022 despite a global softening in tech investments that began in 2021. Excluding megarounds, funding in Lithuania reached €295 million in 2022 and showed 16.8 times growth between 2017 and 2022.

Moldovan edtech Bloomcoding raises €1M from three European VC funds

Bloomcoding is an edtech startup that offers an online after-school platform for children using AR and VR technologies. The company has raised €1 million from Credo Ventures, Inovo VC, and u.ventures to accelerate its presence in CEE markets and to